Ransomware.live: nightspire

| Active | RaaS

NightSpire is a ransomware group that first emerged in March 2025 and rapidly claimed over 250 victims across retail, manufacturing, healthcare, finance, and education sectors in the US, France, India, Taiwan, and Japan, using aggressive double-extortion with ransom deadlines as short as two days.

Victims

260

First Discovered

2025-03-12

victim

Last Discovered

2026-05-02

victim

Inactive Since

days

Avg Delay

8.7

days

Infostealer

18.0%

victims with domain

Countries

hit

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Attack Velocity — Last 12 months

Known Locations (6)

Title	Available	Last Visit	Server Info	FQDN
NightSpire	No	2026-04-28T07:25:24		`nspireyzmvapgiwgtuoznlafqvlyz7ey6himtgn5bdvdcowfyto3yryd.onion`
NightSpire	No	2026-05-14T07:39:30		`a2lyiiaq4n74tlgz4fk3ft4akolapfrzk772dk24iq32cznjsmzpanqd.onion`
Database \| NightSpire	No	2026-04-28T07:27:56		`nspirebcv4sy3yydtaercuut34hwc4fsxqqv4b4ye4xmo6qp3vxhulqd.onion`
Database \| NightSpire	No	2026-04-28T07:30:28		`nspiremkiq44zcxjbgvab4mdedyh2pzj5kzbmvftcugq3mczx3dqogid.onion`
Verify human - NightSpire	Yes	2026-05-14T07:38:28	nginx	`nspire7lugml7ybqyjaaxtsgrs4qn3fcon3lrjbih6wamttvdm5ke4qd.onion`
RaaS Service Started	Yes	2026-05-14T07:37:52	nginx	`nspirep7orjq73k2x2fwh2mxgh74vm2now6cdbnnxjk2f5wn34bmdxad.onion`

Target

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Ransom Notes (3)

Tools Used

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Discovery	RMM Tools	Defense Evasion	Credential Theft	OffSec	Networking	LOLBAS	Exfiltration
Everything.exe placeholder	placeholder placeholder	placeholder placeholder	placeholder placeholder	placeholder placeholder	placeholder placeholder	placeholder placeholder	MEGA WinSCP

TTPs Matrix (13)

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Initial Access	Execution	Persistence	Privilege Escalation	Defense Evasion	Credential Access	Discovery	Lateral Movement	Collection	Exfiltration	Command and Control	Impact	Resource Development
Valid Accounts	Command and Scripting Interpreter	Scheduled Task/Job	Exploitation for Privilege Escalation	Obfuscated Files or Information	OS Credential Dumping	Network Service Discovery	Remote Services: Remote Desktop Protocol	Automated Collection	Exfiltration Over C2 Channel	Application Layer Protocol	Data Encrypted for Impact	Develop Capabilities
Brute Force	Software Deployment Tools	Create Account		Masquerading	OS Credential Dumping: LSASS Memory	Process Discovery	Remote Services: SMB/Windows Admin Shares	Archive Collected Data	Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol	Encrypted Channel
Exploit Public-Facing Application		Boot or Logon Autostart Execution		Indicator Removal	Unsecured Credentials	System Information Discovery	Windows Management Instrumentation	Archive Collected Data: Archive via Utility	Exfiltration Over Web Service: Exfiltration to Cloud Storage
Phishing		Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder		System Binary Proxy Execution		File and Directory Discovery

Negotiation Chats (11)

YARA Rules (1)

Indicators of Compromise (IoCs) (10)

Email 4 Hash SHA256 2 telegram 2 tox 2

Type	IOC
`Email`	`night.spire.team@gmail.com`
`Email`	`night.spire.team@onionmail.org`
`Email`	`night.spire.team@proton.me`
`Email`	`nightspireteam.receiver@onionmail.org`
`Hash SHA256`	`35cefe4bc4a98ad73dda4444c700aac9`
`Hash SHA256`	`f749efde8f9de6a643a57a5b605bd4e7`
`telegram`	`@nightspireteam2025`
`telegram`	`https://t.me/night_spire_team`
`tox`	`3B61CFD6E12D789A439816E1DE08CFDA58D76EB0B26585AA34CDA617C41D5943CDD15DB0B7E6`
`tox`	`8D663FD10BF662930F4C076CBF95FACFCC4ABD8F1A5E328DE75D0B0237A74E1AE1E0C5C37E7F`

Nightspire

| Active | RaaS

Attack Velocity — Last 12 months